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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-E85F15
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Slightly abraded cuboid lead weight, 10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2mm. Weight 9.16g / 141.4 grains / 5.89 pennyweights, so perhaps for 6 pennyweights or 1/40th of a pound troy. Not closely datable, probably medieval.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1539
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.2 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 9.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th February 2014 - Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51480
Other reference: AHS032014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Roudham and Larling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9788
Four figure Latitude: 52.45441516
Four figure longitude: 0.8978555
1:25K map: TL9788
1:10K map: TL98NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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